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Activity	Activity date	Activity description
Dunstanburgh Castle and Craster	2016-09-07	Another day, another Northumberland beach for Scooby. A great walk along to the evocative ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle and then the excellent beaches at Embleton Bay. Back via Craster where the famous smoked fish shop / restaurant was advertising an interesting take on Cullen Skink soup. Unfortunately, they were shut at the time... Tags: Dunstanburgh Castle
Basic bike ride	2013-11-11	To the A379 and back via powderham Castle country store Tags: Powderham Castle
Windy cycle ride	2013-11-02	To the A379 and back via Powderham. Very windy! Tags: Powderham Castle
Regular bike ride and trip to country store	2013-11-18	A bike ride to the A379 and then back via Powderham Castle country store Tags: Powderham Castle
Default bike ride	2013-11-30	To the A379 and back via Powderham Country Store Tags: Powderham Castle
Lizzie bike ride	2014-04-28	First time back on the bike for a couple of weeks. Up to the A379 and then back via Powderham Castle country store Tags: Powderham Castle
Lizzie bike ride	2014-08-15	Went to buy bread. First bike ride in ages! Tags: Powderham Castle
Breakfast at Powderham Castle	2014-09-28	A hound walk to the Powderham Castle county store for breakfast outside the cafe. Watched bits of the Dawlish Triathlon and steam train going by. Tags: Powderham Castle
Kingston to Corfe Castle	2016-05-15	A lovely circular walk from Kingston (in the Purbecks) to Corfe Castle and back again. Lots of very old childhood memories. Tags: Corfe Castle
Maiden Castle	2016-05-16	Stopped at Maiden Castle on the way home from the Purbecks. Scooby pulled all the way round - chasing sheep or ghosts of ancient Britons. Back via West Bay. Tags: Maiden Castle
Devon Hills!	2018-01-08	After mostly avoiding hills while cycling for the last year, Liz and I actually went looking for some today. A ride out to Partridge Cycles at Kennford to get some spare inner tubes. Back via Exminster and Powederham Castle shop Tags: Powderham Castle
Poole to Keyhaven	2019-05-17	From Poole Harbour into the Solent to anchor up at Keyhaven. With the easterly winds continuing, this sail and motor took us out of Poole Harbour (past Brownsea Island and the Sandbands/Studland chain ferry). We then past Bournemouth, Boscombe (where the cliff top hotel I grew up in has been knocked down) and Christchurch Ledge. We took the northern channel into the Solent going past Henry VIII's Hurst Castle and The Trap. We anchored off Keyhaven to wait for enough tide to allow us to get into the Keyhaven anchorage (which is just north of Hurst Castle). A stunning location, we were the only boat anchored there! Tags: Hurst Castle
Teign valley	2023-10-21	From Castle Drogo down to Fingle Bridge for a coffee and cake. Scooby Hound liked the walk. Tags: Castle Drogo
North Westray walk	2026-05-19	With the weather forecast being for heavy rain and strong winds coming in by mid morning, we planned an early morning stomp around the north of Westray. Of course, we failed to get up in time but our failure was punished by no more than strong winds and a lot of drizzle. Notland Castle was very atmospheric. The owner - Gilbert Balfour was clearly a bad lad who needed some protection! Tye had some off lead time at the beautiful (but soggy) Grobust beach. Westray Heritage Centre in the afternoon. Tags: Notland Castle
Castle o'Burrian and puffins	2026-05-20	The guide book said that Castle o'Burrian was the place to spot puffins so we thought we ought to go and have a look. The Westray heritage centre mockup had shown that puffins usually roost towards the top of stacks above the other birds and so it turned out. Puffins duly ticked off the "to do" list! Then on to yet another somewhat scary cliff walk and then a short cut to make sure that we made it back in time to catch the ferry back to the Orkney mainland. Tags: Castle OBurrian
Muness Castle	2026-06-03	A walk round from Uyeasound to Muness Castle. The walk round the bay was a bit tough with rough, boggy ground and no real track. Add to that the limited room around the geos, the sheep and Tye's taste for sheep and we were looking for options to bail out. We didn't see anything suitable until we were quite close to Muness Castle so we didn't actually bother visiting the castle! Tags: Muness Castle
Slains Castle	2026-06-12	Stopped off on the way to Fraserburgh to have a look at Dracula's Castle (i.e. the 2nd Slains Castle). Interesting history - https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crudenbay/slainscastle/index.html - built after the original Slains Castle was destroyed and added to over the centuries. But abandoned and in disrepair for over a century now. Tags: Slains Castle
Kielder Forest	2026-06-18	Back into England (just) and another take on the walk up to Kielder Skyspace and Kielder Observatory. The local campsite had "front page" news about the appearance of the dreaded midges so we togged up and applied the "Skin So Soft". Didn't see any though. A bit drizzly and overcast so views not quite as good as last time we were here. Then camped in the Forestry Commission car park at Kielder Castle for £15 for the night. Tags: Kielder Castle
Another frozen bike ride	2013-02-23	Lizzie shows great dedication in going out for a ride in the middle of the coldest spell of the winter so far. Tags: Powederham Castle
Lizzies cycle training ride	2012-07-16	Round Exminster and to Powder Castle shop as well Tags: Powderham Castle
A rather wet Sunday cycle ride	2012-08-05	It was wet. Very wet. VERY VERY wet. And it had just about the only winds of the day. Still - Liz enjoyed it. Tags: Powderham Castle
Saturday Lizzie training ride	2012-08-04	Up to the A379 and then to Powderham Castle. Including a stop at SYC to chat to the dinghy cruisers Tags: Powderham Castle
Lizzie bike ride	2012-09-27	To A379 and Powderham Castle Tags: Powderham Castle
Basic bike ride	2012-12-10	Along the estuary to the A379 and then to Powederham Castle country store. Cold Tags: Powderham Castle
Cold bike ride	2013-01-19	Cold. Very cold. Only lost two fingers to frost bite Tags: Powderham Castle
Another cold cycle ride	2013-01-21	Why did we start cycling again during the coldest weekend of the year? To the A379 and back again via Powderham Castle shop Tags: Powderham Castle
Breezy bike ride	2013-02-04	A windy bike ride to the A379 and back via Powderham Castle country store. Tags: Powderham Castle
A very windy cycle ride	2013-02-18	As it was too windy for Liz to go sailing yesterday it was obviously too windy for me to go cycling with her today. A windy cycle ride. Tags: Powederham Castle
Swing Bridge and Powderham Castle	2012-02-23	Along the estuary and canal to the Swing Bridge and back again with a detour to Powderham Castle for supplies Tags: Powderham Castle
Slightly warmer cycle ride	2013-02-25	But not much warmer Tags: Powderham Castle
First Lizzie bike ride in a month	2013-06-07	Bad back excuses now over. First bike ride for Liz in a month Tags: Powderham Castle
Liz and Jill go large	2013-06-14	Too much talking too much wind and too much carrot cake to make for a respectable average speed but not bad on the distance front. Next week the girls will be cycling to Exmouth and back apparently. Tags: Powderham Castle
Scooby walk to Powderham	2013-07-26	Scooby, Liz and Julian on a doggie walk to Powderham Country Stores Tags: Powderham Castle
Swing bridges and back via Powder Castle	2013-08-12	Along the estuary and canal to the Swing Bridges and then back via Powderham Castle Tags: Powderham Castle
Cycle Ride to sailing club	2013-08-24	Shared commiserations for cancelled dinghy cruise Tags: Powderham Castle
First bike ride in a month	2013-09-30	First ride for quite a long time. Slow and things hurt! Tags: Powederham Castle
Friday fitness regime 1 (Lizzie)	2013-10-04	Sunny bike ride Tags: Powderham Castle